APPLE GROWING 



taking the average of ten years with an annual 

 crop of 427 barrels, or 70 per acre, on 6.1 

 acres of old apple orchard that the costs per 

 barrel have been as follows: spray material, 

 $.036; packages, $.327; interest on the land, 

 $.084; use of equipment, $.066; taxes, $.011; 

 labor, $.552; and a total of $1.08 per barrel. 

 If the estimated cost of manure, six cents a 

 barrel be added, the total will be $1.14. As 

 we have said, these costs per barrel vary with 

 the crop. When our yield was 100 barrels per 

 acre the cost per barrel was only $.99, but when 

 it was 34 barrels per acre this cost rose to $1.73 

 per barrel. In 19 10 we grew a crop of $$ 

 barrels per acre for $1.20 per barrel. 



It may be of interest to some to know what 

 the income and profit were on this orchard. 

 For this purpose we give the following table 

 showing the yield, income, cost, and net profit 

 for each of the ten years, and the average: 



Yield in Income Income Cost Net Profit 



